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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary
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Recent Examples of exorcised
The ghost of Subway has been fully exorcised from the restaurant.
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Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Then Georgia’s offense exorcised some more recent demons.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Playing in their third straight title game, Torrey Pines finally exorcised their demons, defeating Westview 20-13 to earn the program’s first Division 1 section title.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
That woman was shaking her body like she was being exorcised!
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Michel then insisted on being exorcised and her parents sought the help of Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt, who performed a host of exorcisms beginning in September 1975.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
At the very least, something is being purged or exorcised here; some intergenerational score is being settled, some deep resentment being aired, if only in perilous play.
—Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2025
These agents of chaos must be exorcized from our nation without apology and without compromise.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Then Georgia’s offense exorcised some more recent demons.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Playing in their third straight title game, Torrey Pines finally exorcised their demons, defeating Westview 20-13 to earn the program’s first Division 1 section title.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
That woman was shaking her body like she was being exorcised!
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Michel then insisted on being exorcised and her parents sought the help of Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt, who performed a host of exorcisms beginning in September 1975.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
At the very least, something is being purged or exorcised here; some intergenerational score is being settled, some deep resentment being aired, if only in perilous play.
—Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2025
These agents of chaos must be exorcized from our nation without apology and without compromise.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcised
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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If a contender receives significantly more votes than needed to hit that quota, those extra votes are not discarded.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2026
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Thanksgiving weekend in 1950 was marked by a wintry storm that dumped a deadly amount of snow across the Appalachian region.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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Rhodes dumped Fatu out of the ring with a clothesline followed by a suicide dive.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Tensions rose during this protest, and an officer unloaded several pepper balls all over Garcia’s body.—
Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Though the Dietz family's guns were apparently left locked in a safe and unloaded, that wasn't enough to prevent the child from accessing one.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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Carpenter also ditched her signature glam for her SNL cameo, instead opting for a minimalist beauty look in keeping with her character.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
18 Jan. 2026
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Last year, the team effectively ditched plans to build a new stadium in a space next to the Coliseum known as the Malibu Lot, citing complications.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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There was plenty of praise being passed around by the Ducks (26-21-3), who had lost nine straight prior to their winning streak.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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Both Asia and North America have lost three percentage points while Europe has gained six percentage points since 2017.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Exorcised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcised. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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